New on the Radar: Sep 9-11

Sep 12, 2026

Newly Added

Broadway

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Nov 11, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027

From the producers of The Illusionists, and inspired by Lionsgate’s worldwide blockbuster film franchise, comes Now You See Me Live.
The acclaimed stage illusion spectacular has captivated audiences across the globe, bringing magic to life with an explosive mix of high-tech illusions, solo stunts and jaw-dropping spectacles. For strictly limited seasons in London and Las Vegas, four world-class illusionists will unite as The Horsemen, transforming the… Read More

Major Non-Broadway Productions

Bill Pay The Musical (musical)

Broadhurst Theatre
Sep 25, 2026

A show about bills.
This is an industrial musical for Ramp.

Rope (play)

Theatre at St. Clement's
Oct 13 - Dec 6, 2026

A glamorous, queer-forward psychological thriller performs Off-Broadway this fall! Garrett Stern and Nate Singer are two beautiful, brilliant, and dangerously bored Princeton grad students, who throw a dinner party in their chic Turtle Bay apartment – on top of a trunk containing their murder victim. The evening quickly turns into a game of cat and mouse as Garrett manipulates Nate while diverting their guests from discovering the truth. Based on the true… Read More

Instructions for a Séance (play)

artXnyc
Feb 12 - Mar 7, 2027

Instructions for a Séance is a site-specific DIY séance that invites an audience to conjure escape artist Harry Houdini to teach us how to escape our lives.
Part seance, part cheeky historical re-enactment, Instructions for a Séance explores the gauntlet that is motherhood, artistic ambition, and escapism. Written and performed by Katie Bender.

Indie, Festival, Readings etc.

Theater 86

Worlds in Collision (play) Russian

Sep 10 - 13, 2026

Performed in Russian with English subtitles
Einstein and Velikovsky: one achieved worldwide fame, while the other became a figure of controversy and infamy. Why were their fates so different?
Worlds in Collision explores the limits of humanity’s pursuit of ultimate knowledge—and the price we may pay for daring to seek it. Who can possibly fathom the universe's enormous complexity? The human mind can only attempt to penetrate its mysteries.
The play is… Read More

The Dangers of Tobacco (play)

Oct 2 - 4, 2026

A nervous lecturer attempts to deliver a respectable talk under the watchful eye of his formidable wife—only to lose the subject, his composure, and nearly his mind.
Directed by Aleksey Burago and featuring Tom Schubert and Elena Mindlina, this bold two-actor production blends comedy, opera singing, and live violin into a hilarious and unexpectedly moving portrait of marriage, misery, and the longing to be free.
Come for the encore. Stay for the nervous… Read More

Hamlet (play)

Court Square Theater, Queens
Sep 23 - 26, 2026

A dynamic new production of Hamlet inspired by the circus, the chessboard, Commedia Dell'Arte, and nightmare. Poster by Claire Linden Dionne

Line Up (play, reading) Free

the cell theatre
Sep 29, 2026

"A troop of Philippine mothers are recruited by an imperial power to serve as frontline soldiers. If they can survive one year of military service, they and their families will be granted full citizenship and allowed to live in relative safety and prosperity.
After a disastrous first battle where almost everyone on both sides is annihilated, the surviving troopers find and care for the only surviving enemy combatant – a child soldier, a boy the same age… Read More